Most quarterbacks taken on Day 3 of the draft are deemed "projects" by NFL teams. Arizona Cardinals rookie Logan Thomas, a fourth-round pick, however, rejects that term.

"I think I'm a lot more ready than people think," he said Friday, per the Associated Press. "I think people labeled me as a project simply off stats, which I can understand what they see, what they think."

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Thomas said people use the word project when "you're thinking of building something from the ground up," and believes his issues aren't so deep.

The 6-foot-6, 248-pound Thomas pointed to his offseason work where he began the process of correcting mechanical mistakes. Still, scouts see him as a raw athlete with a long road to playing quarterback in the NFL.

"He's got 25 or 30 (game) tapes out there," NFL Media draft analyst Mike Mayock said last week. "Twenty-three of them are bad."